Holland produced some of the finest psych and prog of the late '60s/early '70s. These hand-picked tracks, sung in English, come from the best Dutch bands of that era. Some even played alongside Rock Gods Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. From raw guitar a la Hendrix, to beautiful female harmonies, this collection of extremely rare and hard to come by singles is a must have for the opening track alone: a blisteringly haunting 5 minutes of something once heard, never forgotten.

Gli Imagin'Aria si formano nel 1994, con l' arrivo di Ivan Peasso alla chitarra solista e Fabio Biffignandi alla batteria, anche se il nucleo principale formato da Daniele Perico alla voce, Andrea Peasso al basso e Gian Luca Milan alla chitarra, era già insieme dal 1989. Dopo alcuni demo ben recensiti dalla stampa specializzata la Lizard Records si interessa al gruppo e nel 1996 ne pubblica il primo C.D. intitolato "in un altro quando", 45 minuti di rock progressivo che vedono il loro apice in "Barbablù", una suite di 14 minuti a metà tra rock e folk medioevale.

The band is fronted by the songwriting team of brothers Patrick and Dan McGowan whose unorthodox guitar playing and fervent singing form the core of the group’s unique style. Bassist Jamie Wolff and drummer Dan Monda draw upon their shared love of dynamics and melody to create a raucously sophisticated rhythm section. Joe Dorsey helms the keyboards and brings boundless energy, virtuosity, and a forward-thinking approach to the compositions.

Kerrs Pink is one of the few Norwegian bands that chose to play Progressive rock music. But what a great choice it was! Since the second part of the Seventies and its first eponymous album (1980), the group led by Harald Lytomt and Jostein Hansen mixes Scandinavian folklore and refined English art-rock music in the manner of Camel ("Mirage" era).
This is quite relaxed progressive rock in general with lots of psychedelic elements, light Folk influences and a heavy amount of melodic guitars. Lymtot is in the center of the arrangements, delivering very melodic work in the vein of Andy Latimer with nice solos here and there, but the Norwegian vocals add the appropriate Scandinavian flavor…

The Catalogue (German language edition: Der Katalog) is a boxed set comprising eight albums by Kraftwerk that were released from 1974 to 2003. All albums are digitally remastered, with most of the cover art redesigned.

Usually regarded as the Belgian ZAO, Cos develops an European type of chamber-rock, built on onomatopoeic vocals or sung in French or German. The band displays beautiful themes interwined with complex orchestrated rhythms. Its music evokes the Canterbury School (Caravan, Hatfield And The North…), the anguished and dark music of King Crimson or Quiet Sun and Terje Rypdal's atmospheric jazz-rock. Pascale Son uses her high-pitched voice, able to perform the most incredible modulations, and this allows her to become one of the best singers in that style. The leader Daniel Schell is a guitarist extraordinaire, and proves to develop ideas as original as Robert Fripp's.

Silent Knight is the third studio album by the Canadian progressive rock band Saga and was originally released in August 1980. Two of the songs, "Don't Be Late (Chapter Two)," and "Too Much to Lose (Chapter Seven)," were part of a series of eight (but later sixteen) songs that Saga included within their first four albums called "The Chapters" which told the story of a young Albert Einstein. These songs were later included on The Chapters LIVE, an album that the band recorded in 2005. To date, there's been no official compilation of the chapters in their studio incarnation. Silent Knight is certified Gold in Canada, having reached #42 in the charts. The Einstein Tower in Potsdam was used as a template for the album cover.

The first of two fundraising concerts that Townshend played at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, and an enchantingly intimate look at the veteran Who man as he chats, jokes, and, of course, plays through a solid set of acoustified classics. The venue itself has some fond attachments to Townshend – it was here that he premiered the Tommy musical before launching it on Broadway and, hardly surprisingly, the deaf, dumb and blind kid opens the show via a rousing "Pinball Wizard." From there, Townshend swoops into an affecting "Let My Love Open the Door," setting the pace for the remainder of the show.

Deja-Vu is a mid seventies Hard Prog band from Norway. The music crosses crunchy guitar vamps with melodic sequences overlaid with lots of keyboards and plenty of monophonic synth leads. Musically, the band seems to take their influences from both the hard rock school and the English symphonic rock masters between Deep Purple and Yes. This is a good example of 70's Norwegian prog.

"The fifth album of the Amarok project, entitled "The Storm", contains mainly instrumental music - the result of cooperation between Polish artist Michał Wojtas and British choreographer James Wilton on the creation of contemporary dance performance The Storm. There are also two songs on the album, inspired by the main theme. “The music for the performance "The Storm" is three-dimensional, deep and mysterious in the film - theater style” says Michał Wojtas, the founder and leader of Amarok.

Hot on the heels of KORNMO debut offering 'Svartizen' (2017), comes their second CD 'Vandring' which should please many aficionados of top notch instrumental progressive rock. This trio project was formed by capable bass guitarist Nils Larsen (a former member of Morild) and his long-time friend Odd-Roar Bakken (keyboardist with Adventure). I simply can't resist mentioning that their tight interactions have been supplemented here by Anton J.R. Larsen who’s responsible for drums and percussion.

Following the success of their highly regarded self-titled debut, the original supergroup made up of four members of different '70s progressive rock bands, including lead vocalist and bassist John Wetton of King Crimson, guitarist Steve Howe of Yes, keyboardist Geoff Downes of Yes and The Buggles, and drummer Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer released Alpha. The album was certified platinum in the US and silver in Britain by the BPI and eventually sold over two million copies. Released in 1983, one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, this would be the last album with the band's original line-up.Alpha focused more on mainstream pop/rock sounds, and is less characterized by progressive rock elements than its predecessor. The album reached #6 on the Billboard album chart and Top Five in the UK Albums Chart. The lead single, "Don't Cry," was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and returned the band to #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.

Dutch Trio (keyboards, bass & drums) led by ex-Ekseption keyboards player Rick Van Der Linden, Trace was considered as the most famous super-group of its country. Its music includes virtuoso, researched, complicated, ever evolving themes, full of breaks and instrumental developments where the keyboards player could show his talent on Hammond organ, synthesizers, harpsichord, piano and Mellotron. By the profusion of its themes and the numerous melodies which compose it, Trace's music is close to ELP. and Yes. The second album "Birds" (1975) was Golden record at that time. Before founding Ekseption and creating classical rock, Rick Van Der Linden offers the expression from his art where his typically Seventies analog keyboards sounds are pure jewels in fantastic instrumental developments close to The Nice or ELP…

"Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate" is basically a Crossover Prog duo founded in London in 2009, which also incorporates an "as needed" group of musicians for their albums and EPs. In August of 2019, they released an EP called "Ark" made up of 3 tracks exclusive to this release. The band (for this particular EP) is made up of Malcolm Galloway (guitar, keys, synths and vocals), and Mark Gatland (bass and guitar). One of their regular musicians, Kathryn Thomas, provides flute on the 3rd track. The overall time for this EP is 25 minutes.